On the evening of February 9, Beijing time, the short track speed skating of the Beijing Winter Olympics ushered in the men's 1500m 1/4 final, and China's Ren Ziwei successfully advanced to the semifinals, and Zhang Tianyi and Sun Long were eliminated at the same time. In addition, Liu Shaolin, who was cancelled the gold medal in the men's 1000 meters, broke the Olympic record.
In this Winter Olympics, the Chinese short track speed skating team has won two consecutive gold medals in the 2000 meters mixed relay and the men's 1000 meters, Ren Ziwei is the double gold king, and it is hoped to become another Chinese short track speed skating team 3 golden kings after Wang Meng.
The men's 1500m gold medal produced tonight, Ren Ziwei is currently ranked no. 1 in the world, is one of the favorites to win the championship, the main competitors include Canada's Dion, the Netherlands' Negert, South Korea's Park Zhang-hyuk, in addition to Hungary's Liu Shaolin, who was found guilty of fouling after winning the men's 1000m championship, also participated.
Men's 1500m 1/4 final a total of 6 groups, Sun Long ranked in the 2nd group, with South Korea's Lee Junrui in the same group, the final Sun Long's performance was 2 minutes 19.26 seconds, ranking fifth, due to the Italian player foul was canceled, Sun Long rose to fourth, still had no chance to directly advance, need to wait for the next few group results.
Zhang Tianyi, who then appeared in the 5th group, was in the same group as the Dutch player Negert, and finally Zhang Tianyi himself fell unexpectedly, had no results, and was eliminated in advance. Ren Ziwei was in Group 6 and finished first with a time of 2:15.08 and successfully advanced to the semifinals. In this way, Sun Long had no chance to become the 3rd place in the 3 fastest, and was out at the same time as Zhang Tianyi, and only Ren Ziwei advanced to the semifinals.
Liu Shaolin, one of the favorites to win the championship, slipped a time of 2:09.21, breaking the Olympic record. In addition, 3 South Korean players Park Zhang-hyuk, Hwang Dae-hyun and Lee Joon-sui all advanced, which was very easy.
In the previous 3 events, the South Korean short track speed skating team encountered Waterloo, tonight's men's 1500m gold medal, the South Korean team is determined to win, Park Jang-hyuk, Hwang Dae-hyun, Lee Joon-seok three in the semi-final play is very critical.